nativus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From nātus (born) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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nātīvus (feminine nātīva, neuter nātīvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. created, made
  2. inborn, innate, imparted by birth
  3. natural, native, made by nature and not artificial
  4. (grammar, of words) original, primitive, primary

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • nativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nativus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • nativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.